We all know that practice is important to a strong presentation, but I’m beginning to think about expanding my definition of practice to include the practice of the “ideas” or the “content” of the presentation, as opposed to just practicing delivery. In the teaching of writing, this is usually the revision stage where we go [...]
Archive for April, 2008
MAKING TIME TO PRACTICE OUR IDEAS
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Nervous? Remember, it’s not about you. It’s all about them.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | 16 Comments »
There has been a lot written about how to overcome nervousness in presenting. My feeling is that it really helps for the speaker to consider the question, “why are you giving this presentation?” The answer to that question is probably not, “to show off how good of a speaker I am” or “to illustrate my [...]
Do You Have a WISC?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | 17 Comments »
We all know what a WIIFY is (what’s in it for you), but do you know what a WISC is? Thanks to Jacob Brier, who came up with this acronym for the phrase Why I Should Care (WISC). That’s the question that every audience member will ask him or herself during your presentation and your [...]
Transformation Not Transference (continued)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Female MBAs As an example of transformation, not transference, take a look at some slides prepared by my colleague, Richard Miscovich. The first slide represents transference, the three that follow represent various ways of transforming the data.
